Her First American - Lore Segal Science Fiction and Fantasy January\'s got a relationship with

January\'s got a relationship with a 'good' man she feels ambivalent about

They protected privacy

showcases the versatility of the granny square

Enter Wendell

she explores the expectations placed on boys - must boys be boys

Her First American - Lore Segal Science Fiction and Fantasy January\'s got a relationship withWith an introduction by Jeffery Renard Allen It's the early 1950s. Ilka Weissnix, a newly arrived Jewish Austrian refugee, boards a train from New York hoping to find a 'real American'. In a railroad bar she meets Carter Bayoux, an urbane Black American intellectual. Although twice her age and in the grip of alcoholism, his amused, compassionate worldliness enthrals her. She finds 'with his first, slightest touch, under her elbow' that she has fallen